Showtime has dropped a new teaser forYellowjacketsseason 3, which not only confirms the official release date, but also gives more hope about Ella Purnell returning to the series as Jackie. It’s been nearly two years sinceYellowjacketsseason 2 ended, with plenty of mysteries about the wilderness in the past and the survivors in the present still requiring explanations. In anew teaser from Showtime that confirmsYellowjackets’ season 3 premiere date as June 29, 2025, short clips of the teens in the wilderness are interspersed with imagery of a skull, the symbol, and Jackie’s heart necklace.
ThoughJackie died inYellowjackets’ season 1 finalewhen she froze to death outside during the teens’ first winter in the wilderness, her character has continued to have a major impact on the narratives in both the past and present timelines. As she was the first dead character the teens cannibalized,Jackie’s death and the guilt surrounding it have led to her spirit and memory hauntingYellowjackets’ overall story. Whether it be through visions or flashbacks, Jackie has already posthumously returned in both timelines, andYellowjacketsseason 3’s teaser hints Ella Purnell will continue these haunting appearances.
Yellowjackets Season 3’s Teaser Puts A Major Focus On Jackie’s Heart Necklace
Jackie’s Heart Necklace Seemingly Takes On A Bigger Role In Season 3
The latestteaser forYellowjacketsseason 3doesn’t give away much about the upcoming story, but it doesput a notable focus on Teen Shauna, a skull, the symbol, and Jackie’s heart necklace. These elements are all connected, with Teen Shauna having drawn blood, eaten some of her fellow survivors, become entranced by the symbol’s mysterious powers and influence, and received Jackie’s heart necklace as a gift from her departed friend.Yellowjackets’ mysterious symbolhas continued to be a major icon throughout the show, but season 3 seems to be elevating the significance of Jackie’s necklace.
The pilot episode already gave a deeper meaning to Jackie’s heart necklace, as it was worn byYellowjackets’ “pit girl” who was killedand cannibalized by the teens in a flash-forward. It was soon revealed that the necklace originally belonged to Jackie, butshe had given it to Shauna as a “good luck charm” when they were flying on the planethat crashed. This led to early speculation that Jackie would become the pit girl, but her death inYellowjacketsseason 1 debunked that theory. Still, Jackie’s necklace continues to play a role in the teens’ sacrificial rituals.
Why Shauna Did THAT To Jackie In Yellowjackets Season 2’s Premiere
The Yellowjackets season 2 premiere saw plenty of surprises, but nothing was quite as shocking as what Shauna did to Jackie at the end of the episode.
During the inauguraldeck of cards ritual inYellowjacketsseason 2, episode 8, Natalie is chosen to be sacrificed when she draws the Queen of Hearts. Shauna then gives Natalie the heart necklace as a “good luck charm” before Natalie runs, just like when Jackie gave it to her. Since it was on the pit girl and was given to Natalie after drawing the Queen of Hearts, itseems the necklace will be given to each sacrificial victim as a symbol of good luck inYellowjacketsseason 3 to honor Jackie, which its emphasized presence in the teaser supports.
Ella Purnell Could Return As Jackie To Reveal The Heart Necklace’s Origins In Flashbacks
Yellowjackets Can Reveal The Necklace’s Backstory As It Becomes Corrupted In The Sacrificial Ritual
With the necklace seemingly becoming an important symbol in the wilderness sacrifices, the object’s deeper connection to Jackie makes it likely that the character will return in season 3.Yellowjacketshas already seen Jackie return through flashbacks to explain certain objects related to her history with Shauna, such as the revelations from her journal. Now thatJackie’s heart necklaceis being corrupted into a symbol for a cannibalistic murder ritual, it’sa fitting time to include a flashback that explains who originally gave Jackie the necklaceand what it meant to her before her death.
The Heart Necklace’s Role In The Sacrifice Ritual Sets Up Shauna To Have More Visions Of Jackie
The Necklace Will Continue To Remind Teen & Adult Shauna About Their Guilt Over Jackie’s Death
Following Jackie’s death in the season 1 finale,Ella Purnell returned for three episodes inYellowjacketsseason 2 when appearing in Shauna’s hallucinations. Though leading roles inSweetpea,Arcane, andFallouthave made Ella Purnell busier than ever, it’s still possible for the actress to repeat her season 2 return by having brief hallucination-based cameos inYellowjacketsseason 3. Shauna’s guilt over Jackie’s death and her cannibalism continue to haunt her in the past and present timelines, so she’ll likely continue to have visions of Jackie as she integrates her friend’s necklace into the rituals.
Teen Jackie appeared as a hallucination by Adult Shauna inYellowjacketsseason 1, episode 4 before she and Adam jumped off a bridge into water.
When Teen Shauna begins to see more victims wearing Jackie’s old necklace,her guilt may cause her to see visions of Jackie being the one running through the wilderness wearing the accessoryagain. Additionally, it’s unclear who has Jackie’s necklace during the present-day timeline, so Adult Shauna could also have visions of teen Jackie speaking to her if she happens to find the object. Whichever timeline she may appear, Jackie’s memory is being advertised as a major aspect ofYellowjacketsseason 3’s more “feral” story, which makes Ella Purnell’s potential return all the more important.
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Yellowjackets is a television series exploring the survival ordeal of a high school girls' soccer team stranded in the remote wilderness after a plane crash. It interweaves psychological horror and coming-of-age themes, simultaneously depicting their harrowing transformation and its lasting impact on their lives 25 years later.
